Generation of vortex beams by an image-rotating optical parametric oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 868-873

  Smith, Arlee V ^a   Armstrong, Darrell J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHASE SHIFT; VORTEX FLOW;

CAVITY MODES; DEPOLARIZATION; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS AND AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT;

EID: 2942752201     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.000868     Document Type: Article

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